Total Crime Rate
165.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Langford Grove area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 677th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Langford Grove (B17 0PL) in the last 12 months was 165.3 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% higher than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Langford Grove (B17 0PL), the main crime hotspot is near Hilldrop Grove. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grasdene Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mill Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasdene Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grasdene Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilldrop Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merryfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merryfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reservoir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rodbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rodbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poole Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnam Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadnam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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